50 Ways to Integrate Discovery Education streaming

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Technology in Education ConferenceCooper Mountain, Colorado

June 2011

Jennifer JensenComputer Resource Teacher, Clear Sky Elementary

scuba.jennifer@gmail.com

Lindsay HopkinsDirector, Account Management – Discovery Educator Network

Lindsay_Hopkins@Discovery.com

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New Content Added• Nuclear Nightmare: Japan in Crisis

• Understanding the Japan Earthquake

• The PBS NewsHour– In Egypt, Social Media Tools Act as Protest Catalyst

Despite Government Meddling– After Egypt's 'Cosmic' Day, Will Army Usher in

Democratic, Civilian Government?– Bin Laden Death a 'Very Big Victory,' But Not 'Happily

Ever After’– CIA Chief Panetta: Obama Made 'Gutsy' Decision on Bin

Laden Raid.

Holy Cow, Planet Earth!

OMG, LIFE too!

full length

segments

Get IN the picture…(or make your own picture)

Example of using “Editable” clips with green screen.

Current Events

The Work of Forest Fire Fighters: A Courageous Job.Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2002. Video Segment.20 June 2011. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.

Listen Up!

Discovery Education Songs

Songs that Help English Language Learners

• Learning Our Long Vowels (02:56) Long vowels say their names.© 2005 Twin Sisters

• Learning Our Short Vowels (01:47)Learn about short vowel sounds. © 2005 Twin Sisters

• Letters “c” and “g” Have Two Sounds (04:48)In words the consonants C and G are sometimes hard and sometimes soft.

• Q and U Are Friends (01:13) A song about words that start with QU © 2005 Twin Sisters

• Rhyming Word Rule (02:30)• Rhyming words stay the same at the end. You only change the

beginning. © 2005 Twin Sisters • Silly Sally’s Sister (00:29)

A tongue twister with the letter S © 2005 Twin Sisters • Singing the Consonant Sounds (04:36)

A song about words that start with B,C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z © 2005 Twin Sisters

• The Alphabet Swing (01:21)Sing the letters of the alphabet.

Over 500 Songs

• Mp3 format• Use in PowerPoint• Load on iPod

Want to see an example?

Songs for upper grades – Dr. Lodge McCammon

• Someday Sublimate – Defines solid, liquid, and gas as well as such concepts

as melting point, sublimation, and freezing.• Radioactive Dating

– Considers how scientists use rock dating, including radioactive decay, to determine the age of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

• We Are Matter– Describes the difference between mass and weight

and calculates how much a person would weigh on the moon.

One-take, User-generated video

• http://sites.google.com/site/denaustinfizz2011/3-dr-lodge-s-math-class/music-video

Three Sources for MP3s

AudioHistoric speeches, readings, classical music

SongThematic educational songs Sound Effect

Doors shutting, dogs barking, etc.

Create a Podcast

Keep Safety Roo Teen: Surf the Net.  Music with Mar, 2011. Song.11 Feb 2009. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.

Students created illustrations to match the lyrics from the song. The images and soundtrack were combined using GarageBand.

Text and Wordle

www.wordle.net

Teacher Center

Discovery Atlas

Theme Pages – those are new!

Get The Picture

One of 20,000+ Images

Discovery Education. (2003).Dragonfly on leaf (2) [Image]. Available from

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Citations Made Easy

Photo Projects

• Blabberize– Famous Americans

• Animoto.com/education– Oooh… volcanoes!

• Additional Software– PPT to Quick Time– Comic Life

Fast Fiction

Students were given a set of 10-15 photos, all relating to one topic. They could select only 5 of the photos to use with their story. Once photos are selected, they write a short story. The photos are pulled into Power Point and they record their story on each slide. Finally, students export the presentation as a Quicktime movie.

Web 2.0

What’s a Glog?

• Graffiti blog?• Virtual scrapbook?• Digital poster?• Visual blog?• Virtual expression using video, text,

graphics, images, music, and sounds.

Judicial Branch - VideoLegislative Branch - Images

Additional Examples

VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/#q.b2118582.i0.k0

http://voicethread.com/#q.b251619.i0.k0

Web 2.0 Recap…

• Wordle• Blabberize• Glogster• Voice Thread• Animoto• “Share” feature• Wikis• Big Huge Labs• Google Apps

Learning Stations/Centers

Learning Stations/Centers• Individualize• Use as instruction and/or assessment• Utilize various DE Tools & software

EXAMPLES•Staying Active – Health (Inspiration)•Famous Coloradoans – Social Studies (Ppoint)•The Trouble with Force – Science (Keynote)•Australia – Misc (Google Earth)•Famous Americans – History (Keynote)

Learning Stations/CentersEXAMPLES•Staying Active – Health (Inspiration)

Learning Stations/CentersEXAMPLES•Famous Coloradoans – Social Studies (PPoint)

Learning Stations/CentersEXAMPLES•The Trouble with Force – Science (Keynote)

Discovery Education Builders

• Writing Prompt Builder• Quiz Builder• Assignment Builder

Student Access

8003239084 (press 1)

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